Get your spooky brushes and clippers, and welcome to the second annual Spooktober event! Like last year, I'll be focusing on miniatures and terrain that fit in well with my death armies in celebration of Halloween, one of the funnest times of the year and (in my opinion) the gateway to the holiday season. In the fourth post for Spooktober, I've finished painting a unit of 10 Bladegheists.
Now I know that these guys aren't the best rules-wise, but damn do I love their models. The dynamic lines, the lashing of the chains and just the poses make them look like whirling dervishes. You get a strong sense of that movement, and their actually quite large compared to human foot soldiers, lending them an imposing presence on the battlefield.
The paint scheme is a variation of my standard one, using much less green on the bottom of the cloaks. This army is full of different experiments with the colors, but thankfully it all works together.
I now have 20 of these fully painted, and they're the last ones I have. Unless I decide to get more.
Now for my overall thoughts on the models, I will judge it based on two categories. Firstly, the sculpt itself will be scored on a scale of 0 to 10, with 5 being average, 0 horrendous, and 10 a marvel. For a reference point, I consider the Stormcast Liberator to be a 5, neither great nor bad. Just a passable, average model. Then I will score on Ease of Painting, between 1 and 5, 1 being a slog to paint and 5 being a breeze.
My Bladegheist Revenants review:
Sculpt: 8/10
The use of negative space on the entire Nighthaunt range is phenomenal and it's in full force here, much like it was for Lady Olynder. These sculpts are also incredibly dynamic, and are some of the best in the range. The big drawback here is all of the hooks. They constantly latch onto each other, making storage, let alone gameplay, a pain. Definitely a barrel of monkeys situation.
Ease of Painting: 5/5
These are really easy to paint. You just have two tones for the cloak, gunmetal and a wash for the mask, swords, and chains, then some bronze and dark red for detailing. None of the details are inaccessible either, making for an enjoyable painting process.
Final tips: Prime the models white. With that done you're basically half way to completion and it'll save you a lot of time.
-The Space Dinosaur
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